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Katsuhiro Otomo
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Katsuhiro Otomo

Miyagi, Japan

Katsuhiro Otomo is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. He also directed several live-action movies.

Filmography

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Short Peace

Koji Morimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo 2013 1h 8m

A traveler is confronted by spirits in an abandoned shrine; a story of honor and firefighting in ancient Japan; a white bear defends the royal family from a monstrous red demon; ragtag soldiers battle a robotic force in futuristic Japan.

Mushishi

Mushishi

Katsuhiro Otomo 2006 2h 11m 6.0

Mushi are beings in touch with the essence of life, far more basic and pure than normal living things. Most humans are incapable of perceiving Mushi and are oblivious to their existence, but there are a few who possess the ability to see and interact with Mushi.

Suchîmubôi

Suchîmubôi

Katsuhiro Otomo 2004 2h 6m 7.4

In 1860s Britain, a boy inventor finds himself caught in the middle of a deadly conflict over a revolutionary advance in steam power.

Metoroporisu

Metoroporisu

Rintaro 2001 1h 47m 7.1

In the midst of societal conflict in the futuristic city of Metropolis, Kenichi and his uncle Shunsaku Ban set out to uncover the mystery behind the first human-like robot, Tima.

Memorîzu

Memorîzu

Koji Morimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo 1995 1h 53m 7.8

A collection of three short Anime stories by the Japanese Anime-Masters Koji Morimato, Tensai Okamuro and Otomo Katsuhiro.

Rôjin Z

Rôjin Z

Hiroyuki Kitakubo 1991 1h 20m

Mr. Takazawa, an elderly invalid who is cared for at his home by Haruko, a young nursing student, is chosen by the Japanese Ministry of Public Welfare to test the Z-001, a computerized hospital bed with robotic features that allegedly displays more efficiency and skills than any human nurse, but Haruko mistrusts a machine unable to consider…

Akira

Akira

Katsuhiro Otomo 1988 2h 4m 7.9

A secret military project endangers Neo-Tokyo when it turns a biker gang member into a rampaging psychic psychopath that only two teenagers and a group of psychics can stop.

Robotto kânibaru

Robotto kânibaru

Takashi Nakamura, Koji Morimoto 1987 1h 33m 8.5

An anthology of various tales told in various styles with robots being the one common element among them.

Meikyû monogatari

Meikyû monogatari

Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Katsuhiro Otomo 1987 50m 3.0

In the future, a race car driver uses his psychokinetic abilities against his opponents.

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